“…Choi and Nieto [17] proposed a modified least cost path analysis algorithm that is applicable to areas with all types of roads and can compare the influence of terrain and curve variation on transportation efficiency. Furthermore, a series of models have been developed in logistics [18][19][20], transportation [21][22][23][24], and Internet routing [25,26], where each has particular focuses, advantages, and disadvantages. However, these methods are challenging to directly apply to the problem of route optimization for open-pit mine, because, in practical scenarios, transport conditions are constrained by a variety of comprehensive factors, and the transport cost model, which is stochastic and dynamic, is not equivalent to the shortest physical distance between nodes or the single static constants associated with transport cost.…”